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Women have been creating new rituals that use traditional images and texts to reflect their experiences of childbirth.

The viability of new Jewish rituals will ultimately be determined by their continued presence in the Jewish community.

According to some interpreters, the Jews chose to be chosen.

Before the wedding, bride and groom are feted, the bride is veiled, and the groom dons a shroud-like garment.

Contemporary couples are reinterpreting an old ceremony that set the financial and logistical arrangements for an upcoming marriage

Modern thinkers have addressed the free will problem by questioning the authority of science, acknowledging the limits of freedom, and asserting the transcendent importance of choice.

Three prenuptial marriage protection agreements have been accepted by Orthodox rabbis as fulfilling halakhah (Jewish law).

The second part of the ketubah (marriage contract) details the additional gift promised by the groom, the lien on his property, and the acquisition sealing the contract.

The traditional Aramaic text of the ketubah (marriage contract) reflects the history of Jewish marriage.

As part of God's creation, Jewish marriage creates a spiritual connection between human beings and with God.

Both faith communities have something to teach the other.

While some modern Jews have rejected the notion of chosenness altogether, others have reinterpreted it as an ethical mission or a national spirit.